THE STATE OF UTAH
COUNTY OF SEVIER
CITY OF RICHFIELD
At the City Council
In and For Said City
August 11, 2026
Minutes of the Richfield City Council meeting held on Tuesday,
August 11, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the
Richfield City office building located at 75 East Center,
Richfield, Utah. Mayor Bryan L. Burrows presiding.
- CALL TO ORDER
- OPENING REMARKS
- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- ROLL CALL
- MINUTES APPROVAL
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- BUSINESS
a. Planning Commission
Report.
b. Axiom Impact fees waiver.
c. Ordinance 2026-5.
d. Ordinance 2026-6.
e. Ordinance 2026-7
f. 100 South Discussion. - OTHER BUSINESS
- CLOSED SESSION
a. Library Board. - ADJOURNMENT
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- CALL TO ORDER 2
- OPENING REMARKS – Offered by Kevin Arrington 3
- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Led by Brayden Gardner 4
- ROLL CALL Present: Brayden Gardner, Kevin Arrington, Kip Hansen, Andrew Chappell, 5
Mayor Bryan Burrows (not voting), Rob Jenson (not voting), Michele Jolley (not voting). 6
Excused: Kendrick Thomas. 7
Also, Heidi Stringham, Robert Row, Ellen Row, Eugene Semrad, Russ Brightwell, Gordon Robison, 8
Carson DeMille, Dustin Anderson, Kim Anderson, Mike Brown, May Anderson, Angie Morrill, Trent 9
Lloyd, Keith Mogan and David Anderson. 10
11 - MINUTES APPROVED – Consider a motion to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 12
July 28, 2026. Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 4). 13
Yes: Andrew Chappell, Brayden Gardner, Kevin Arrington, Kip Hansen. 14
Excused: Kendrick Thomas. 15
16 - CONFLICT OF INTEREST – No declarations were noted. 17
18 - BUSINESS 19
a. Planning Commission Report. Chairperson May Anderson gave the report for the 20
meeting held August 5, 2026. 21
Jaylee Bastian requested a conditional use for an in-home preschool, which was approved. 22
Corey Harrison requested a conditional use to grow mushrooms indoors. These are for 23
restaurants to purchase. The Commission tabled the Cove View Junction Phase II as there 24
was no one there to discuss it. Crystal Lister was approved to operate a shelf stable 25
goods business out of her home. It would be mostly an online shipping business. The 26
business A Cut Above was approved to move from its Main Street location to a home 27
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which is in a manufacturing zone. Chairperson Anderson stated the Commission is 1
reviewing the general plan each month since they are all mostly new to make sure what it 2
is doing is in alignment with the general plan. They also discussed the flag lot amendments, 3
instead of a maximum size of homes, they discussed controlling the scale of buildings on 4
flag lots with setbacks or percentages. 5
b. Consider a waiver of impact fees for the Axiom development at approximately 1150 6
South 500 West as discussed on July 28, 2026. Mayor Burrows stated that he provided 7
a contractor sheet to the developer, but he never heard anything back from them. 8
Councilmember Hansen stated that there was a lengthy discussion in the last meeting and 9
no need to relitigate it. Motion: Deny the waiver of impact fees, Action: Approve, Moved 10
by Kip Hansen, Seconded by Brayden Gardner. 11
Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 4). 12
Yes: Andrew Chappell, Brayden Gardner, Kevin Arrington, Kip Hansen. 13
Excused: Kendrick Thomas. 14
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c. Consider adopting Ordinance 2026-5 amending the Transportation Master Plan to 16
include 380 East 1170 North as a planned street. Motion: Adopt Ordinance 2026-5 17
amending the Transportation Master Plan to include 380 East 1170 North as a planned 18
street, Action: Approve, Moved by Brayden Gardner, Seconded by Kevin Arrington. 19
Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 4). 20
Yes: Andrew Chappell, Brayden Gardner, Kevin Arrington, Kip Hansen. 21
Excused: Kendrick Thomas. 22
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d. Consider adopting Ordinance 2026-6 amending the zoning map to identify parcel 1-24
37-64 at 555 East 100 North from MD to RM-11 as approved by the Council. (July 28, 2026) 25
Motion: Adopt Ordinance 2026-6 amending the zoning map to identify parcel 1-37-64 at 26
555 East 100 North from MD to RM-11 as approved by the Council. Action: Approve, 27
Moved by Kip Hansen, Seconded by Brayden Gardner. 28
Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 4). 29
Yes: Andrew Chappell, Brayden Gardner, Kevin Arrington, Kip Hansen. 30
Excused: Kendrick Thomas. 31
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e. Consider adopting Ordinance 2026-7 amending the zoning map to identify parcel 1-33
2-109 and a portion of Parcel 1-2-92 from RR1 to R1-10 as approved by the Council. (June 34
9, 2026) Motion: Adopt Ordinance 2026-7 amending the zoning map to identify parcel 1-2-35
109 and a portion of Parcel 1-2-92 from RR1 to R1-10 as approved by the Council, Action: 36
Approve, Moved by Andrew Chappell, Seconded by Kevin Arrington. 37
Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 4). 38
Yes: Andrew Chappell, Brayden Gardner, Kevin Arrington, Kip Hansen. 39
Excused: Kendrick Thomas. 40
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f. Consider approving a design to overhaul 100 South as discussed by Jones & DeMille 42
Engineering. The cost difference between the two designs of the project presented 43
are not significant in relation to the total project. 44
Councilmember Hansen said he is concerned about constricting the street due to the 45
traffic, and this project will increase traffic flow on the street. Councilmember Chappell 46
asked if there is a reason beyond the aesthetics for the bulb outs. Mike Brown, who is 47
proposing the idea, said aesthetics are critical as this is a street right in downtown. It also 48
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enhances walkability. Function is important, and as a traffic and civil engineer, Brown said 1
there would not be a hindrance to traffic flow in the area. Traffic is already slow along 100 2
South due to it being between two stop signs, slowing it down two more miles per hour is a 3
good thing in an area where walkability is a goal. 4
DeMille said it would add a safety benefit as cars would have the ability to pull up and have 5
more visibility on the street. If there weren’t a bulb out, you’d need to edge out past the 6
cars, and the bulb out would help with that. However, it does come with some long-term 7
maintenance concerns. The drainage is easy to address. 8
City Administrator Jolley said the public works department noted that snow plowing could 9
also be an issue, as would street sweeping. 10
Brown said there is no ordinance for parking on the street in the winter, so vehicles would 11
create just as much of an issue as the bulb outs. The rare instances of snow plowing would 12
not be an issue. He said he is willing to put a deed restriction in place that obligates the 13
property to pay for the maintenance of the bulb outs in perpetuity. He said this project is 14
millions of dollars, so there is no way they would allow the streetside improvements to 15
look bad. 16
Councilmember Chappell said beautification of downtown has benefits, but functionality is 17
also important. 18
Brown said it creates too much asphalt because of the lack of a planter strip and no bulb 19
out. It creates unnecessary asphalt, which encourages speeding. It would be a mistake to 20
go with a plain-Jane shoulder. The bank project to the north is committed to the same 21
type of commitments to make the street appealing. If anything, the street would function 22
better as it would allow traffic to slow down a bit for design, helping encourage pedestrian 23
use and safety. Data supports the idea that slowing traffic a bit enhances walkability and 24
safety. 25
Councilmember Hansen asked about multiple crosswalks. This would not create extra 26
crosswalks. 27
Mayor Burrows asked if the bank’s plans were available. They are not, but Brown said the 28
bank has given its support to the concept of enhancing the right of way. 29
Councilmember Arrington asked if the hotel’s access on 100 South were an exit only. It is, 30
and at the suggestion of the City engineer, a stop sign on the hotel property would be 31
added. 32
May Anderson asked if the bank would also want to install a bulb out on its side of 100 33
South as well. Brown said it would, but its bulb out would not likely directly align with the 34
one for his project. 35
Councilmember Arrington stated he was on the council when it put bulb outs on Main 36
Street. He said they looked good, but came with issues. Some people ran into them, 37
planters in them were difficult to maintain, and it made it made it more difficult for traffic. 38
UDOT’s solution for sanding and plowing actually damaged the Main Street bulb outs. He 39
asked if Brown intended to put in green space. 40
Brown’s intention is to put flowers, shrubs or trees that have a concrete ring underground 41
to direct the roots so they are not disruptive to the road or sidewalk over time. He said he 42
intends to work with the City to make sure this concept doesn’t create any traffic issues. He 43
is also planning to reuse brick from the Knight’s Inn demolition. The brick would provide an 44
aesthetically pleasing look as a tie to Richfield’s historic downtown. It would be seal-45
coated. He offered to bring more data about how bulb outs can help enhance the 46
functionality of areas. 47
Councilmember Arrington expressed excitement for the overall project, but is still skeptical 48
of the bulb out proposal. 49
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Brown stated the project has to be of high quality and appeal, or his business will not be 1
able to compete with hotels near the I-70 interchanges. 2
May Anderson said the general plan has a section about beautification. The City needs to 3
take into account the future needs for bicycle paths as well. Are there other options that 4
could bring the beautification instead of the current concept for a bulb out. 5
Mayor Burrows stated the current bulb outs on the corners of Main Street and Center and 6
100 North contribute to making those intersections more difficult to navigate. 7
Brown stated he would be open to looking at a reduced size of the bulb out. He said he 8
would like to identify what is causing the problems with current bulb outs, and make sure 9
that whatever is done in this instance avoids those issues. 10
Councilmember Chappell said he understands the functional and maintenance concerns, 11
but that what has been presented is a good plan to help make the town look more 12
appealing. Richfield should step up its game when it comes to beautification and making a 13
positive impression for people visiting. The City should look for reasons to do this type of 14
thing, rather than reasons not to do it. 15
Brown said there are not a lot of gem downtowns left, and the ones that do well have 16
features that make them appealing, which draws visitors and encourages walking through 17
the community. 18
Financial Director Jenson said when budgeting, it was taken into consideration that this 19
project may require more funding than what was needed on the 300 South project, due to 20
increases in price and ditch covering. Carson DeMille said the project was within a few 21
thousand dollars either way. 22
Councilmember Arrington asked about reducing the bulb outs. 23
Councilmember Hansen proposed a wider sidewalk with movable planters, which could 24
help enhance the aesthetics. The function is the bigger priority, but there is merit to 25
beautification. 26
Either proposal would not create an engineering challenge, DeMille said. 27
Brown stated that it would already be one of the widest sidewalks in town. He said a 4-foot 28
park strip would also help improve the look of the area. 29
Deputy Clerk Anderson read from the general plan concerning beautification. He said 30
Richfield City doesn’t retain a lot of its architectural heritage, and the inclusion of the bricks 31
would be a nice tie in. Brown is redeveloping one of the biggest blights in Richfield City, and 32
is asking for some buy in from the City. Regardless of how this issue is decided, the effort is 33
appreciated from a staff standpoint. 34
Councilmember Arrington asked about the maintenance and repair of vandalism damage. 35
City Administrator Jolley answered that it would depend on the nature of the damage. She 36
said she would like any future refinements to the project be reviewed by the council rather 37
than approved by the staff. 38
Brown said he would be willing to provide a new draft. He feels like there should be some 39
type of bulb out or other design elements to add curb appeal. This is a common practice 40
among cities, and shouldn’t be looked at as something unique. 41
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Motion: Table this until such time as Mr. Brown can present another option to look at, 43
Action: Table, Moved by Kip Hansen, Seconded by Brayden Gardner. 44
Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 4). 45
Yes: Andrew Chappell, Brayden Gardner, Kevin Arrington, Kip Hansen. 46
Excused: Kendrick Thomas. 47
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8. OTHER BUSINESS – Councilmember Arrington said the Rooster Ride had to be cancelled 49
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due to the smoke from the wildfire. 1
Councilmember Hansen shared an experience on Saturday morning at Flying J. He told a Forest 2
Service employee that he was sorry for the loss of the pilots Friday on the fire. He broke down and 3
had tears streaming down his face. He worked with the company that provided the crew and 4
helicopter. The Forest Service employee regained his composure and thanked Kip for his feelings of 5
concern and expressed positive feelings for their experience working out of Richfield’s Airport. 6
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Carson DeMille said the state has the Outdoor Recreation Initiative grant currently open. This is for 8
large infrastructure projects. This could be used to help with the final phase of the Pahvant 9
Mountain Bike Trail system, which could including campgrounds and bathroom facilities. The grant 10
closes Sept. 15. To recieve funding, the City would have to apply right now. It wouldn’t require a 11
match. It would include 15 miles of trails, a camping area and improvements to the road. It would 12
be approximately $3 million to complete. It fits the eligibility well. Federal agencies can also apply 13
for this funding, including the Forest Service and the BLM. The Forest Service has different 14
priorities from the Bike Trail Committee. The Bike Trail Committee would be competing with the 15
Forest Service for the funds. The Forest Service would like Richfield to wait a year. The Forest 16
Service would like to redo the Bowery Haven campground. He would like to do this now so that he 17
can still utilize the trails crew that has experience, and it would be another year of lost economic 18
opportunities. The county could also participate as a partner. 19
Councilmember Gardner said this grant allowing emphasis on the road work would be a great 20
benefit. He expressed support for submitting the grant application. 21
Councilmember Hansen explained that even if Richfield sits out, the BLM may have a project that 22
trumps both the Forest Service and the City. 23
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9. ADJOURNMENT Motion: Adjourn and move into a closed session, Action: Adjourn, Moved 25
by Brayden Gardner, Seconded by Kevin Arrington. 26
Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 4). 27
Yes: Andrew Chappell, Brayden Gardner, Kevin Arrington, Kip Hansen. 28
Excused: Kendrick Thomas. 29
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a. Discuss the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of an 33
individual(s) to serve on the Library Board. 34
Motion: Adjourn the meeting, Action: Adjourn, Moved by Andrew Chappell, Seconded by 35
Kip Hansen. 36
Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 4). 37
Yes: Andrew Chappell, Brayden Gardner, Kevin Arrington, Kip Hansen. 38
Excused: Kendrick Thomas. 39
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